We’re regulars from the time the restaurant was named Rasa and the name change has, if anything, made it better. The food, service and ambiance are all amazing. It remains our go-to restaurant for all special occasions and taking friends visiting from outside the Bay Area!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bombay Sliders, Bollywood Dosa, Genovese Basil Dosa
Nishad Kumar
For drinks we had thyme me up and aam sutra. Would definitely recommend both as we went on others recommendations and it didn’t disappoint.Next we moved on to Indo Chinese style inspired item, Tso Cauliflower for appetizer. It was well cooked and absolutely liked the subtleties of the flavor.Mains were nothing to rave about and did the job. But the one thing that put us off was one of the curries were served at room temperature and we had to send it back. By the time it made it back to our table, we were done with the rest of our mains.So experience wise it was a let down as we were really looking forward to enjoy the whole time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: General TSO's Cauliflower
Sindhu Susarla
This is a former Michelin star restaurant. The food was pretty good. It’s indian fusion food. I wasn’t super elevated with it. The soup and dosa was quite good. The Taos cauliflower was underwhelming. I ordered aama sutra cocktail, I could not taste the mango or the jalapeño in it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Hit List
Review only reflects drink and appetizer at bar and several doordash orders: in short, it doesn't matter if they aren't Michelin rated, this place is still fantastic! I'm not a mixed drink person, but I ordered the amma sutra, and it blew my taste buds away. If you don't like smoke, then this drink isn't for you. For me, it's easily one of the best smoky drinks I have ever had without the wood smoke. Also had the prawns and they were smothered in a finger licking good sauce.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Vijay Jayanti
Best upscale desi restaurant with very yummy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Karim Yasin
Make sure to have reservations. Great food and amazing flavors.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rahul B.
Amazing food quality, innovative flavors and recipes, paired with exceptional service - all of which has been a super consistent experience for the last 7 years. It doesn’t get any better.Vegetarian options: So much vegetarian variety that even non veg enthusiasts are tempted to try and enjoy vegetarian options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mangalore Fried Chicken Appetizer, Rum Old Fashined, Bombay Sliders, Bollywood Dosa, General TSO's Cauliflower, Organic Chicken Biryani
Joyce Lam
All the food was great. A bit fancy but cozy place. A great place to take your time to eat and hang out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Garima Gupta
Great food! Try the bollywood dosa only if you enjoy hot food, I personally loved it.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bombay Sliders, Cardamom Brûlée, Bollywood Dosa, General TSO's Cauliflower
Recommended dishes: Butter Chicken with Paratha, General TSO's Cauliflower, Garlic Naan
Prasanna Subramanian
Very nice Indian food with elegant flavors. Mangalore fried chicken was on point. Fish Moilee with coconut rice was fantastic. Kofta with Naan was also good. Highly recommend this place and would come again.
The food was great but the service was terrible for a restaurant with Michelin star reputation. The vibe felt more like casual dining with very overpriced food. We went to this restaurant for my husband’s birthday celebration since it has a Michelin star reputation and amazing reviews. It seems the restaurant has really deprioritized its focus on service and atmosphere recently.I would not recommend this place for birthday or anniversary celebrations. I had to pay $50 reservation fee and listed the occasion as birthday celebration. However, we never got the dessert that high end restaurants bring out for special occasions. The staff was unprofessional and the bathroom was not well kept. Saffron seems to market itself as high end but we felt very mislead as that was not the case. It felt more like a casual eatery with very overpriced food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Rong Mao
Very tasty Indian food with plenty of creativity. All the appetizers and main courses were delicious. I ordered a drink that the waitress recommended but found it a bit too smoky and spicy for my taste. Definitely coming back for the food when in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vada Pav, Bombay Sliders, Bollywood Dosa, Butter Chicken with Paratha, General TSO's Cauliflower
Santosh Zachariah
Tasty. Attentive service. Quiet ambience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Indian Railway Peppers, Bombay Sliders, Cardamom Brûlée
Authentic Indian food with rich flavors.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cardamom Brûlée, Genovese Basil Dosa
We’re regulars from the time the restaurant was named Rasa and the name change has, if anything, made it better. The food, service and ambiance are all amazing. It remains our go-to restaurant for all special occasions and taking friends visiting from outside the Bay Area!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bombay Sliders, Bollywood Dosa, Genovese Basil Dosa
For drinks we had thyme me up and aam sutra. Would definitely recommend both as we went on others recommendations and it didn’t disappoint.Next we moved on to Indo Chinese style inspired item, Tso Cauliflower for appetizer. It was well cooked and absolutely liked the subtleties of the flavor.Mains were nothing to rave about and did the job. But the one thing that put us off was one of the curries were served at room temperature and we had to send it back. By the time it made it back to our table, we were done with the rest of our mains.So experience wise it was a let down as we were really looking forward to enjoy the whole time.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: General TSO's Cauliflower
This is a former Michelin star restaurant. The food was pretty good. It’s indian fusion food. I wasn’t super elevated with it. The soup and dosa was quite good. The Taos cauliflower was underwhelming. I ordered aama sutra cocktail, I could not taste the mango or the jalapeño in it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Review only reflects drink and appetizer at bar and several doordash orders: in short, it doesn't matter if they aren't Michelin rated, this place is still fantastic! I'm not a mixed drink person, but I ordered the amma sutra, and it blew my taste buds away. If you don't like smoke, then this drink isn't for you. For me, it's easily one of the best smoky drinks I have ever had without the wood smoke. Also had the prawns and they were smothered in a finger licking good sauce.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best upscale desi restaurant with very yummy
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Make sure to have reservations. Great food and amazing flavors.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food quality, innovative flavors and recipes, paired with exceptional service - all of which has been a super consistent experience for the last 7 years. It doesn’t get any better.Vegetarian options: So much vegetarian variety that even non veg enthusiasts are tempted to try and enjoy vegetarian options
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mangalore Fried Chicken Appetizer, Rum Old Fashined, Bombay Sliders, Bollywood Dosa, General TSO's Cauliflower, Organic Chicken Biryani
All the food was great. A bit fancy but cozy place. A great place to take your time to eat and hang out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food! Try the bollywood dosa only if you enjoy hot food, I personally loved it.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bombay Sliders, Cardamom Brûlée, Bollywood Dosa, General TSO's Cauliflower
Restaurantji Recommends
Nice Indian food .
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Butter Chicken with Paratha, General TSO's Cauliflower, Garlic Naan
Very nice Indian food with elegant flavors. Mangalore fried chicken was on point. Fish Moilee with coconut rice was fantastic. Kofta with Naan was also good. Highly recommend this place and would come again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mangalore Fried Chicken Appetizer, Vada Pav, Bombay Sliders, Organic Chicken Biryani
The food was great but the service was terrible for a restaurant with Michelin star reputation. The vibe felt more like casual dining with very overpriced food. We went to this restaurant for my husband’s birthday celebration since it has a Michelin star reputation and amazing reviews. It seems the restaurant has really deprioritized its focus on service and atmosphere recently.I would not recommend this place for birthday or anniversary celebrations. I had to pay $50 reservation fee and listed the occasion as birthday celebration. However, we never got the dessert that high end restaurants bring out for special occasions. The staff was unprofessional and the bathroom was not well kept. Saffron seems to market itself as high end but we felt very mislead as that was not the case. It felt more like a casual eatery with very overpriced food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Very tasty Indian food with plenty of creativity. All the appetizers and main courses were delicious. I ordered a drink that the waitress recommended but found it a bit too smoky and spicy for my taste. Definitely coming back for the food when in the area.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Vada Pav, Bombay Sliders, Bollywood Dosa, Butter Chicken with Paratha, General TSO's Cauliflower
Tasty. Attentive service. Quiet ambience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Indian Railway Peppers, Bombay Sliders, Cardamom Brûlée